Daily Herald | Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:00 pm
UVU Soccer
Wolverines rally for 3-0 shutout
DOVER, Dela. -- The Utah Valley women's soccer team scored three second-half goals to run its win streak to four with a 3-0 shutout victory at Delaware State on Sunday.
Three different players scored for the Wolverines (8-4-1), who moved to 3-0-0 in the United Soccer Conference with the win while holding the Hornets (2-9-1, 0-2-0) without a shot on goal for the entire game.
"The first half was a very even contest. They (Delaware State) came out with a lot of energy but we did a good job of gaining control of the game near the end of the half. The girls came out in the second with a different attitude and really took control," said UVU coach Brent Anderson.
"We didn't allow them any opportunities and a lot of that has to be attributed to our midfield players. Ashley Burdett, Ashley Skeen, Camille Broderick and Taryn Smith all were at center-mid and did a great job there."
UVU secured a huge advantage in shots (17-3) and shots on goal (8-0) in winning their eighth straight conference game and moving within one win of tying the school record for wins in a season.
After a scoreless first half, Jenni Clough scored her fifth goal of the season in the 54th minute when she followed up a rebound to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead.
Shantae Adams-Yeats made in 2-0 in the 77th minute when she scored her third goal of the season on a penalty kick, UVU's first PK goal of the season.
Jaime Lyons capped the scoring in the 86th minute to pick up her second goal in as many games and fourth of the season, tying her for second on the team. Lyons found the goal after Taryn Smith took a Clough header and crossed it to her in front of the goal.
Hockey
Coyotes spoils Ducks home opener
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Rookies Kyle Turris and Mikkel Boedker both scored for the first time in the NHL, and Ilya Bryzgalov made 34 saves against his former Anaheim teammates to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-2 victory that spoiled the Ducks' home opener Sunday night.
Shane Doan added a pair of goals for Phoenix, off to a 2-0 start this season, and Steven Reinprecht chipped in with two assists.
Ryan Carter and George Parros scored for the Ducks (0-2).
Doan's second goal gave Phoenix a 3-2 lead with 3:40 remaining, and Parros capped the scoring just 13 seconds later.
The Coyotes built a 3-0 lead in the second period before Carter scored for Anaheim.
• Oilers edge Avalanche: At Edmonton, Alberta, Dustin Penner scored his second goal of the game with 5.4 seconds left and Edmonton won its season opener by beating Colorado 3-2 on Sunday.
Penner, who also scored the Oilers' second goal earlier in the third period, tipped Ethan Moreau's shot past goalie Peter Budaj in the final seconds. Shawn Horcoff also scored for Edmonton.
Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk had goals for the Avalanche (0-2).
Edmonton regained the lead six minutes into the third as Penner's wraparound shot from behind the net got under Budaj's pads.
With 10 minutes to play, the Oilers were called for closing a hand on the puck in the crease -- giving Colorado a penalty shot. Hejduk was picked for the attempt and he took full advantage to make it 2-2. Hejduk is 3-for-3 on penalty shots.
Soccer
4 MLS players added to U.S. roster
WASHINGTON -- Having clinched a spot in the CONCACAF qualifying finals for the 2012 World Cup, the United States will sit many of its regulars for Wednesday's match at Trinidad and Tobago.
Coach Bob Bradley released nine players from the roster, including eight starters from Saturday night's 6-1 rout of Cuba that clinched advancement. Bradley allowed those nine players to return to their club teams, and he added four players from Major League Soccer.
Those four were veteran midfielder Pablo Mastroeni of Colorado; Columbus forward Robbie Rogers; Toronto defender Marvell Wynne; and Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein.
Carlos Bocanegra, Michael Bradley, Steve Cherundolo, Brian Ching, Jay DeMerit, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Oguchi Onyewu returned to their clubs after helping the Americans win their sixth consecutive World Cup qualifier in this cycle and their seventh straight qualifier overall.
The roster includes:
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF);
Defenders: Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC);
Midfielders: Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Danny Szetela (Brescia Calcio) José Francisco Torres (Pachuca);
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Villarreal C.F), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew).
• Fire earn playoff berth with tie: At Bridgeview, Ill., Brian McBride scored two goals against his former team to help the Chicago Fire earn a playoff berth with a 2-2 draw against the Columbus Crew on Sunday.
Columbus (16-6-6) scored two goals two minutes apart in the second half to take a 2-1 lead before McBride scored in the 79th minute to tie it.
Chicago (12-9-7) opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Justin Mapp's corner kick soared over everyone inside the box and bounced right at McBride's feet. The former Columbus forward easily bounced the ball into the net for a 1-0 lead.
The Fire are tied with New England (12-9-7) in a battle for playoff positioning while Columbus secured the MLS Supporters Shield -- awarded to the team with the league's best record -- with the draw.
• D.C. United plays scoreless tie with Houston: At Houston, D.C. United goalkeeper Louis Crayton made two saves, including one in the last minute of second-half stoppage time, to salvage a 0-0 tie against Houston on Sunday night.
Houston (11-5-11) extended its lead over Chivas USA to two points in the Western Conference and is unbeaten in its last six matches.
D.C. (10-14-4) remained winless in its last seven matches but held its ground in the Eastern Conference. D.C. trails New York and Kansas City by two points for fourth place in the East.
The match got heated in the second half with seven yellow cards being issued in the span of 20 minutes, culminating in D.C.'s Bryan Namoff being sent off with his second yellow card in the 73rd minute. D.C. played the final 20 minutes down a man.
Tennis
Jankovic, Kunitsyn win Kremlin Cup titles
MOSCOW -- Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic won her third title in three weeks Sunday, beating Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Kremlin Cup.
Igor Kunitsyn won the men's tournament, upsetting fellow Russian Marat Safin for his first ATP Tour title. Kunitsyn, who survived seventh-seeded Safin's 21 aces to win 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-3, said he had prepared a speech to congratulate his opponent on the victory.
"I was hoping to win a couple of games and that's it," Kunitsyn said. "I still don't know how I was able to outplay Marat, but I guess it happens. I still don't understand how I won."
Jankovic was coming off back-to-back wins at the China Open and the Porsche Grand Prix in Germany. She earned her fourth title of the season and eighth of her career.
The 23-year-old Serb also was runner-up twice this season, losing to Serena Williams in Miami and at the U.S. Open.
"I'm quite close to finishing the year as the No. 1 player in the world, so it's really a huge achievement for me," she said.
Jankovic broke the ninth-ranked Zvonareva twice in the first set. The two were tied at 4 in the second set when Jankovic earned another break.
Jankovic, who beat Zvonareva in her two previous events, said she knew she was going to have to work hard for every point.
"I was really expecting a tough match," Jankovic said. "I was really focused from the start of the match. I went out there aggressive and really played my game and I was really going after the shots.
"Especially the first set I played quite well. I was dominating. But then the second set my level of tennis went down a little bit and I let her come back into the match. At the end of the second set I focused a little bit and changed the match in my favor."
Jankovic said she is committed to playing in Zurich next week but will then take two weeks off to prepare for the season-ending tournament in Doha.
Jankovic took the top ranking from Williams on Monday and will retain it next week because Williams, the runner-up in Moscow last year, pulled out with an injury.
The 71st-ranked Kunitsyn was playing in his first ATP Tour final.
Safin, who hasn't won a tournament since beating Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the Australian Open in January 2005, was playing in his first final since losing to Nikolay Davydenko in Moscow in 2006.
Kunitsyn was in control of the match and constantly kept Safin on the baseline. He prevailed in a first-set tiebreaker when Safin made two unforced errors and broke his racket in frustration.
"Had I won the first set it could have gone a different way," Safin said.
Safin won five consecutive points in the second-set tiebreaker to stay in the match.
In the third set, Kunitsyn got a break in the sixth game and served out the match at love, closing it with an ace.
"I was chasing him all the time," Safin said. "I could not capitalize on my chances. But he converted every time he had a chance and didn't make many mistakes. There's no surprise he won."